Urine conductor



T. BEHAN URINE CONDUCTOR Filed Aug. 6, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 T. BEHANURINE CONDUCTOR Filed Aug. 6. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 atent 11 7, 19..

Application filed August 6, 192$. Serial Ito. 856,027.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, THoMAs Bums, a citizen of the United States,residing at Aliquippa, in the county of Beaver and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in UrineConductors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a urine conductors. It is awell known fact that females experience considerable anno ance inpassing their urine, particularly where they are required to use publictoilets. If the toilet seat is in an unclean condition they must eitherrun the risk of contracting disease through contact therewith, or atleast have their clothing and their persons contaminated, or they mustassume a half sitting posture above the seat with much attendantannoyance. Males do not, of course, experience this difiiculty and theymay use toilets and urinals without liability of infec tion orcontamination. Therefore, it is the primary object of the presentinvention to provide a device which may be employed by females and bythe employment of which they may urinate in much the same manner asmales, that is to say, while in a standing position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a urine conductor for useby females, so constructed that in the use thereof there will be nolikelihood of any of the urine reaching theclothing to soil the same andcreate ofiensive odors and insanitary conditions.

Another object of the invention is to so construct and form the devicethat it may be very readily and conveniently employed and placed inposition and removed without any annoyance and likewise without thenecessity of the user actually touching the labia of the vulva. In thisconnection, the invention contemplatw providing means upon the conductoradapting the conductor to automatically open or separate the labia ofthe vulva at the time the device is placed in position.

The invention contemplates so constructing the device that it may beremoved without any likelihood of dropping urine upon the clothing orupon the person and, in this connection, the invention furthercontemplates so forming the conductor, interiorly,

that it will serve as a receptacle for any drops of urine which may betted after the regular assage of urine andprior to removal of t econductor.

Another object of the invention is to prov de agalnst any back flow ofurine from the dlscharge end of the conductor along the exterior underside thereof in such manner that the urine might reach the clothing orperson of the use In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a sectional view through the urine conductor embodying theinvention, the view illustrating also a section of the viscera of afemale, the conductor being in place in the mouth of the vulva,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the conductor,

Figure 3 is a plan view looking at the upper end of the conductor,

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the conduct/or,

Figure 5 is a iron or back elevation, either as may be considered,

Figure 6 is a plan view lower end of the conductor,

Figure 7 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 7-7 ofFigure 4, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows,

Figure 8 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 8-8 of Figure 4,looking in the direction indicated by the arrows,

Figure 9 is a similar view on the line 9-9 of Figure 4, looking in thedirection indicated by the arrows,

Figure 10 looking at the 1s a snmlar view on the line 10-10 of Figure l,looking in the direction indicated b the arrows.

The con uctor embodying the invention comprises a body indicated ingeneral by the numeral 1 and of the form indicated in the severalfigures of the drawings. The body has the general contour of a flattenedelliplet end 5 of. the passage is preferably flared,

as indicated. by the numeral 7, and the out.-

let or discharge end 6 may likewise be sli htly flared, asindicated ythe uumer 8.

soid, the ends of which are truncated, the

lid

but it is of elliptical lnwardly of its flared intake end, the passageat is increased in depth somewhat, in the direction of the breadthdimension oft-he body, so that concavities 9 are provided inwardly ofthe intake end of the passage, and a somewhat restricted throat 10 isthus formed between the flared intake of the passage and the main orintermediate portion thereof. As stated, the passage is somewhatincreased in dimensions in the direction of the breadth dimension of thebody so as to form the cavities 9, and these cavities constitute, inefi'ect, small chambers either of which may accommodate a small quantityof urine without liability of the urine being discharged through eitherend of the device so long as the same is held in a nearly horizontalposition. While the passage 4: in the body is of the contour abovedescribed, it, at the same time, conforms more or less closely to thegeneral contour of the exterior of the body except, of course, for thechambered portions 9. From said chambered portions 9, the passage issomewhat restricted, as indicated by the numeral 11, in the direction ofand adjacent its discharge end. It will also be observed by reference toFigures 3, 6, 9 and 10 of the drawings, that the discharge end of thepassage 4 is of approximately circular contour and considerably smallerin diameter than the inlet end, .lt will likewise be observed byreference to Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, that the inlet end 5 ofthe passage is not only flared form so as to snugly and comfortablyaccommodate the urethra, as shown in Figure l of the drawings. Likewise,it is preferable that the body at its major end be rounded, as indicatedat 12, where it surrounds the flared inlet end 5 of the passage, so thatno irritation of the urethra will be occasioned by the use of theconductor.

In order to provide for both convenient insertion of the conductor intothe vulva and insure of its proper retention in place, fins 13 areformed upon the exterior or the body 1, at opposite sides of said body,these fins being located between and extending longitudinally withrelation to the opposite more or less flattened sides of the body andbeing, therefore, formed upon the more acutely curved opposite sides oredges of the body. The fins 13 are rounded at their upper ends, as at14: and are somewhat thicker at their said ends than at their lowerends, the fins being gradually decreased in breadth and in thickness, asat 15, from their said upper to their said lower ends. Shallow ribs 16are formed to extend about the circumference of the upper end of thebody and consequently about the opposite sides oi? the flared intake end5. of the passage 4, and constitute connecting continuations V of theupper ends of the fins 13 so that the lips or ea ers labia of the vulvawill more or less snugly engage the opposite sides of the device and soengage and coact with the upper ends of the fins l3 and the ribs 16 asto insure of retention or the device more securely in place while it isbeing used.

In usin the device, the between tlie thumb and fore-finger or the thumband first and second finers of either hand and is inserted upwary andlorwardly between the lips or labia of the vulva until its flared intakeend 5 is in position fitting and receivin the urethra. At such time, thedevice will assume substantially the position shown in Figure l or thedrawings and it will be evident, by reference to this figure, that afemale using the device may urinate with substantially the sameconvenience as a male. in removing the device, it is preferably tiltedforwardly slightly and then removed in a general downward direction. Inso tilting the device, any drops of urine which might have beendischarged or emitted after the natural passage of urine, willaccumulate in one or the other of the chambers 9, depending upon whichside or the device is lowermost at the time of r moval. Either chamberwill, therefore, serve as a small catch basin, so to speak, for

the finally emitted drops of urine or any urine which may haveaccumulated upon the walls of the passage 4%, and after removal of thedevice-it may be tilted to a substantially vertical position with itsdischarge end lowermost, so as to discharge therefrom the accumulateddrops of urine.

in order to prevent any urine which may be discharged through thedischarge end 6 of the passage from flowing backwardly along the underside of the device and onto the clothing or person of the user, smallcars 17 are formed upon the exterior of the body 1 immediately inwardlyof the said discharge end 6 and substantially at the forward ends or thefins 13 where these fins merge with the surface of the said body. Anydrops of urine which might be discharged through the opening 6 at thetime of removal of the device, it the device is in a substantiallyhorizontal or somewhat tilted same is grasped ill llO

position, will not flow back along the under v side of the device andonto the clothing or person of the wearer but will be accumulated by oneor the other of the ears 1? and formed into drops to be discharged fromthe tips of the ears.

llt will be evident from the foregoin description of the invention thatthe evice may be applied in a most convenient mannerwithout thenecessity of the user bringing her fingers into contact with the lips orlabia of the vulva, the said lips or labia being automatically separatedat the time of introduction of the device into the vulva I and in suchmanner as to permit at the in A having a passage therethroug take end ofthe device being fitted snugly against the urethra.

' Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A urine conductor comprising a body having a passage therethrough,and a fin upon the exterior of the body constituting means forseparating the labia of the vulva upon insertion of the conductor.

2. A urine conductor comprising a body having a passage therethrough,and a fin upon the exterior of the body constituting means forseparating the labia of the vulva upon insertion of the conductor, saidfin extending longitudinally of one side of the body.

3. A urine conductor comprising a body having a passage therethrough,and a fin upon the exterior of the body constituting means forseparating the labia of the vulva upon insertion of the conductor, saidfin extending longitudinally of one side of the body and being raduallydecreased in width and thickness 50m its end next adjacent the enteringend of the body to its opposite end.

4. A urine conductor comprising a body having a passage therethrough,and a fin upon the exterior of the body constituting means forseparating the labia of the vulva upon insertion of the conductor, thesaid fin being rounded and merging with the entering end of the body.

5. A urine conductor comprising a body having a passage therethrough,and a fin upon the exterior of the body constituting means for separatinthe labia of the vulva upon insertion of t e conductor, the said finbeing rounded and mergin with the entering end of the body an from itsrounded end extending lon 'tudinall of the body and decreased in wi thand t ickness toward its opposite end.

6. A urine conductor comprising a body having a passage therethrough,the body being of substantiall flattened ellipsoidal form, and fins upont e exterior of the body at the more acutely curved sides thereof andconstituting means for separating the labia of the vulva upon insertionof the conductor.

7. A urine conductor com rising a body ii, the body being ofsubstantially flattened ellipsoidal form and the wall of the'passagehaving. a chamber formed at an intermediate point in its length, saidbody being provided exterlorly with a fin extending longitudinallythereof and constituting means for separating the labia of the vulvaupon insertion of the conductor.

8. A urine conductor comprising a body having a passage therethrou h,the body being of substantially flatene elli psoidal form whereby it maybe inserted ietween the labia of the vulva and the pase at its intakeend being flared and of substantially elliptical form to fit and receivethe urethra.

9. A urine conductor comprisin a body of substantially flattenedellipsoidal form whereby it may be inserted between the labia of thevulva having a passage therethrough, the passage at its intake end beingflared and of substantially elliptical form to fit and receive theurethra, the passage at its discharge end being decreased in diameter.

10. A urine conductor comprising a body having a passage therethrough,the body being of substantially flattened ellipsoidal form, and finsupon the exterior of the body extending lon itudinally of the moreacutely curved sides t ereof and constituting means for separatin thelabia of the vulva upon insertion of t e'conductor, the walls'of thepassa e in thebody being formed, opposite the us, with cavitiesconstituting urine receiving chambers.

11. A urine conductor com rising a body having a passage therethroug thepassage at its inlet end being formed to fit and ceive the urethra, anda dro collecting ear upon the exterior of the b0 y adjacent the openingthroughthe major end of the body and an outlet end opening through theminor end of the body, and a drop collect ing ear upon the exterior ofthe body near the minor end thereof.

In testimony whereof I. aflix my s gnature.

THOMAS BEI-IAN. It. 5.

